Hawaii Dining Out 15 Aug 2010

AUGUST 15-21, 2010

OAH U’S AN SWE R TO YOU R APPETITE

Mango mania The crowds will be going crazy for the many delicious dishes and beverages, including this mango lassi offering with prosciutto crisped in duck fat, at the upcoming chef challenge, “Tree to Table — Mango Throw Down.”

See story on page 3

ono, you know

There’s no Mis-steaking the Way to this Gal’s Heart

By Alana Folen | Photos By Leah Friel

L

et’s be absolutely clear about something here: Veggies may be cool, but I’m really a triedand-true carnivore at heart and would never turn down an aged-to-perfection juicy ribeye steak — or any cut, for that matter. So, when I ventured off to see what some of the best steak houses in Honolulu had to offer, I was understandably in red meat lovers’ heaven.

What’s more, I allowed myself to devour a pound of meat in one sitting — yes, that’s 16 ounces of pure meaty delight!

And believe it or not, even with all this dining out, I actually shed a pound with this assignment! Keep in mind that if you choose lean cuts like sirloin or tenderloin and eat in moderation, it can actually prove beneficial to your health. A Skidmore College study says that subjects who received 40 percent of their daily calories from protein shed more belly fat than those whose share was only 15 percent. Now, that’s music to my ears. But the way to more heart, in case you’re wondering, is

2

lar among tourists and locals alike, offers customers the best beef for their buck, featuring USDA choice sirloins and tenderKobe Steakhouse & loins. Little did I know, my Sushi Bar photographer, Leah Friel, If it’s a dinner and show and I were in for a wonderthat you’re after, look no ful surprise. Upon arriving further than this top-notch at the steakhouse, we were teppan-yaki style steak- seated in a private dining area, unaware of the premier dining experience that awaited us.

“Teppan-yaki style cooking is when the food is brought out to your table in its raw state, so it has to be at its freshest,” says general manager Roy Nakamura, adding that Kobe gets the majority of its steaks from purveyors in Colorado. “Our chefs prepare your meal while showing off some of their house located right in the expertise and skills right in heart of Waikiki. This fami- front of you. Onion volcaly-friendly restaurant, popu- noes appear with fire comthrough my stomach — preferably a steak dinner at one of the following to-diefor restaurants!

ing from their tops, knives slicing and dicing, and shrimps doing the hula.”

Our master chef extraordinaire for the evening was Lester Nishida, who has been doing teppan-yaki for 30 years. He says the teppan-yaki table is his stage and he has trained more than 50 chefs throughout his career. I knew we were in good hands. Chef Lester kept us thoroughly entertained with his quick-witted humor throughout dinner, and prepared a wide array of food, including flavorful garlic fried rice, scallops, shrimp, lobster and two of the most requested steak items on the menu: the Emperor Steak ($36.95), a hearty 12-ounce New York Center Cut Sirloin; and the Filet Mignon ($34.95), a 7ounce Tenderloin. Dipping sauces of ginger for vegetables and seafood and mustard for meats also are offered with the meal.

“There is only one chef assigned to make each sauce, which is prepared daily,” Nakamura explains.

“We do this so the consistency of the sauce remains the same. We also have a

seasoned spice, which is a secret blend of salts and spices that we use on almost everything.”

The steak here literally melts in your mouth, with just a hint Above: The author prepares to of mustard sauce providing chow down on 10 ounces of New the right amount of zest. My York Strip Steak at Atlantis Seafood & Steak. best piece of advice: Come Left: Kobe Steakhouse receives starving! All dinners come most of its steak from purveyors in complete with a Shabu- Colorado. shabu Soup (clear beef and Wednesday through vegetable broth), shrimp Saturday nights — making appetizer, pickled vegetait the perfect place to celebles, assorted grilled veg– See page 10 etables, bean sprouts, rice and hot tea.

Kobe Steakhouse & Sushi Bar 1841 Ala Moana Blvd.

941.4444 Dining Out is a weekly

Dining Out

advertising supplement published by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.

Hy’s Steak House As my ultimate dining choice for special occasions, Hy’s Steak House has been serving customers the best in fine dining for the past 33 years. With its dimmed lights and warm ambiance, Hy’s has a romantic feel to it, as if you’re fireside. Local musician Audy Kimura also provides soothing music every

EDITOR Jo McGarry Phone: 783.1060 JMcGarry@ staradvertiser.com

SALES MANAGER Sandi Sakaguchi Phone: 342.8802 Fax: 529.4898 SSakaguchi@ staradvertiser.com

ton ton FREE GYOZA ramen

5-Year Anniversary Special!

• 50 Different Items to Choose From

• Kalbi • Sirloin Steak • Shrimp • Sashimi • Chicken

Bringing you the finest in Japanese influenced French pastries. Over 35 different varieties of delicious, ultra fine pastries in Hawaii.

“ALL YOU CAN EAT ” LUNCH 10:30am-2:30pm .........$14.95 DINNER 2:30am-10pm.............$21.95

2494 S. Beretania St. D I N I N G

O U T

|

AU G U ST

RAMEN

HOUSE

(3 pieces) with purchase of any regular orders.

The Best Soft Rib Ramen in Hawaii!

“NO MSG” Ribs are slowly cooked over 8 hours until tender and juicy, original Japanese Style. Ramen is served in garlic shoyu base with traditional half cooked egg. You must try it!

Ala Moana Center-Mall Level, Mountain side, next to Shirokiya www.lapalmedor-usa.com

FREE PARKING! |

FINE

941-6161 1 5 - 2 1 ,

2 0 1 0

677-5388

94-050 Farrington Hwy. • Waipahu, HI 96797

cover story

‘

Getting Up for a

Mango

‘

Throw Down

Y

ou can expect to see a little friendly competition at Moana Surfrider next weekend, when top chefs gather for the final event in a monthlong celebration of mangoes.

“Tree to Table — Mango Throw Down” is a friendly chef challenge, where luminaries in the culinary world, including Roy Yamaguchi, Alan Wong, D.K. Kodama, Donato Loperfido, Hardy Kintscher, Chai Chaowasaree, Hiroshi Fukui, Colin Nishida and Wayne Hirabayashi, will come together for an evening of food, wine and mango creations.

A celebrity judging panel will include Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto, who is in town to inspect the near-completion of his first Hawaii restaurant, Morimoto at The Waikiki Edition.

I caught up with the Starwood Hotels team of executive chefs — Rodney Uyehara, Beachhouse at The Moana; Jon Matsubara, Azure Restaurant; Ryan Loo, Twist at Hanohano; and Ralf Bauer, Sheraton Princess Kaiulani — for a sneak preview of some of the dishes they’ll be serving at the Aug. 27 event.

By Jo McGarry

idea because mango is so popular here in Hawaii, and it’s a way to celebrate the fruit and also to support the fruit growers in Hawaii. I mean, everybody has a mango tree in their backyard, right?

thing fun and interesting that perhaps wouldn’t be repeated. It’s such a pleasure to work with these guys. We can guarantee it’s going to be a great event and a really good time.

JM: What you’ve done is manage to gather an incredible lineup of chefs. Even Iron Chef Marimoto will be here to judge.

JM: Chef Ralf, you’re so well known for the work you put into the Christmas Village every year with those amazing gingerbread buildings. How are you treating the mango challenge?

RU: Yes. We’re really happy and grateful to the chefs for turning Ralf Bauer: The challenge is inout. I’ve done a lot of events outside of Moana and I figured it was teresting — and we’re all very my turn to ask people to come happy that it’s going to benefit the here. Everybody said yes and they – See page 4 all seem real happy to participate.

Almost everybody likes mangos, plus the event is to benefit the Culinary Institute of the Pacific. So it’s benefiting students who’ll hopefully become our next great chefs.

There hasn’t been an event like this in Waikiki in such a long time.

Hopefully, this will be the one that local people feel they can come out to.

JM: Jon, I don’t think I’m exaggerating when I say you have a healthy appetite for competition.

Jo McGarry: I hear this event Are you bringing you’re A-game to the table? was all your idea, Rodney. True?

Jon Matsubara: (laughs). It’s all Rodney Uyehara: (laughs) Last year was the first mango event at just going to be a healthy, fun comMoana, and it had such a great re- petition between the chefs. What I sponse from the public. We got the wanted to do was to create some-

Above Right: Mango crusted crusteceans, like this crisp, fried mango shrimp lumpia with sushi rice and a mango cucumber namasu, are among the dozens of mango-inspired dishes guests will taste at the “Tree to Table — Mango Throw Down” event Aug. 27. Right: Chefs, from left, Jon Matsubara, Ryan Loo, Rodney Uyehara and Ralf Bauer will be serving some of their favorite dishes.

D I N I N G

O U T

|

AU G U ST

1 5 - 2 1 ,

2 0 1 0

|

3

cover story MANGOES AT THE MOANA FINALE EVENT

• Chef Donato Loperfido, Sapori Enotecca Birreria • Chef Hardy Kirschner, Michel’s at the Colony Surf – a Mango Throw Down • Chef and Owner Chai Chaowasaree, Chai’s Island Bistro Friday, Aug. 27 from 6–9:30 p.m.

• Chef and Owner Roy Yamaguchi and Guests will be able to enjoy tastings prepared Chef Jason Peel, Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine by local celebrity chefs including: • Chef Hiroshi Fukui, Hiroshi Eurasian Tapas • Chef Rodney Uyehara, Beachhouse at the Moana • Chef Lindsey Ozawa, Nobu Waikiki • Chef Jon Matsubara, Azure Restaurant • Chef Jeffery Vigilla, Hilton Hawaiian Village • Chef Ryan Loo, Twist at Hanohano • Chef and Owner Colin Nishida, Side Street Inn • Chef Colin Hazama, Jean-Georges’ Kauai Grill • Chef and Co-owner Russell Siu, • Chef Ralf Bauer, Sheraton Princess Kaiulani 3660 On The Rise • Chef and Owner Peter Merriman • Chef Wayne Hirabayashi, and Chef Neal Murphy, Merriman’s The Kahala Hotel & Resort • Chef Dave “D.K.” Kodama, d.k Steak House

TREE TO TABLE

Celebrity judges will include Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto Tickets: $85 Note: Self-parking is available at Sheraton Princess Kaiulani and is complimentary for four hours with validation at the Mangoes at the Moana event.

For information about the “Mangoes at the Moana” festivities, please visit mangoesatthemoana.com or call Moana Surfrider at 922.3111.

Left: Chef Rodney Uyehara’s Lollipop Lamb Chop with Curried Mango Couscous will be among the dishes offered at the Aug. 27 event.

Right: A mango lassi made with whipped cream from coconut milk, cadamom and cinnamon, and topped with prosciutto that’s been crisped in duck fat.

able to walk around Moana you’re all having fun. that we’ve crisped up in and experience what a RU: Too much fun! duck fat so it’s salty and beautiful hotel this is and sweet and creamy. It’s a fun what a great evening it will That’s the reason we’re doing it. We hope that local be. drink. people will come out and JM: It does sound like have some fun with us.

JM: Speaking of drinking, what else is on the menu apart from food?

– From page 3

KCC culinary program because, really, that’s the most important thing. For me, I wanted to challenge myself and use mango in a dish that was not a dessert.

It’s not that easy. You can’t go too sweet. I decided to go with a crisp, fried mango crustacean lumpia with sushi rice and a mango cucumber namasu.

mangoes. The flavor profiles are so more complex than in other countries. I can’t wait until summertime comes around and we get to use this fruit, so it’s a lot of fun right now working with the mangoes. For the challenge, I’m doing a jasmine and kaffir lime rice crusted sunfish with basil mango and coconut lilikoi curry sauce.

JM: Crispy lumpia and fried mango? It sounds fabulous! Ryan, what can we expect from Twist?

JM: I know there are some special mango dishes at the Beachhouse this month. How about at Azure?

Ryan Loo: I love local

Jon Matsubara: At Azure

4

|

D I N I N G

O U T

|

AU G U ST

1 5 - 2 1 ,

2 0 1 0

right now, we’re running a foie gras dish with mango. I love it! We marinade it in sauterne and we make a little chili spice so there’s a salty, sweet, winey flavor with this amazing Hudson Valley foie gras. So I took that concept and created a similar dish that’s mangomarinated in sauterne, and made into a lassi — the Indian drink with milk and yogurt. We’re making a whipped cream from coconut milk infused with cardamom and some cinnamon so it has a little sweetness and some creaminess, and then we’re putting some prosciutto on top

RU: All the beverage companies have reached out to winemakers in California, so every dish will be paired with a wine. The wineries have had the recipes for about a month and each chef station will have a specially paired wine for the evening.

It’s a whole team effort by the food and beverage team here and it’s come together in an incredible way. I think people will be amazed when they see the food and the wine stations.

There will be four different zones around the hotel for the evening, where there will be about seven different chefs and entertainment. People will be

WWW.HEEHINGHAWAII.COM

SUMMER MENU

Honeydew Melon Duck Salad Wintermelon Soup with Eight Treasures Roast Chicken with Chinese Miso Roasted Garlic Dungeness Crab Steamed White Fish Fillet with Lemon Shoyu Mongolian Beef with Sweet Onions Wok Grilled Garlic Shrimp Steamed Rice • Mango Tapioca Dessert $219 Table of Ten (Reg. $259) Let Us Do the Cooking Chinese Chicken SaladRib • Mandarin Seafood Prime Buffet SlowPotstickers roasted prime•rib,Chicken roast suckling pig, Sauce char siu pork Oyster tenderloin, sashimi, snow crablegs, fresh fish poke, tako Pepper Salt Shrimp • Beef with Pepper poke, over 25 salads and appetizers, Hawaiian luau Sauteed Baby Bok Choy buffet,Sauce delicious• Chinese entees and much, much more!

Steamed $27 adults $26 seniors Rice $14 keikis 3 to 12 Servedforfrom 9 pm $49 four4 pm (regto$69) Available daily until 6:30 pm This coupon required. Expires August 31, 2010

Hong Kong Dim Sum Special One FREE Selection with the Purchase of Four Selections

This coupon required. Expires August 31, 2010

1860 Ala Moana Blvd.

Validated Parking Open 24 Hours 955-1764

Pianist Terry Tom

Performs Every Thursday 6pm to 9pm 449 KAPAHULU AVE., STE. 101

735-5544

W W W . S T A G E R E S T A U R A N T H A W A I I . C O M

Convenient, Affordable, and So Delicious…

Lunch at Stage get high praise from Honolulu’s business crowd

Martini Night $4 Martinis Every Thursdays 5:30-10p $5 Appetizers 5-7p

Starting Thursday, August 19 the Cupola Theatre kicks off “Martini Night”. An every Thursday night event 21 eve + that will shake up Honolulu’s urban clubbing best. nt Live music or DJ to pump the grooves all night long.

D’lish appetizers from our award winning Stage Restaurant.

Skyy Vodka Signature Cocktials Various Skyy flavored vodkas will be featured: Kapiolani Sunset, Ginger Lyche, Spiced Apple, Berry Limonata, Asian Persuasion, Piña Fresco, Vino Passion, Passion Fruit Paloma, Melon Patch and The Carrie.

Cupola Events Theatre • Second Floor • Honolulu Design Center

Situated between Waikiki and Downtown Honolulu, in the Honolulu Design Center, Stage Restaurant has become the lunchtime favorite for busy business people and shoppers alike.

It’s quick and easy to find, parking is FREE, lunch service is efficient and the salads are “to-die-for”! Come taste for yourself.

2nd Floor, Honolulu Design Center • 808. 237.5429 StageRestaurantHawaii.com • Free covered parking

$5 Cocktails & Beer Happy Hour $5 Happy Appetizer Hour $50 Wine Card for just $30 Live Music, No Cover Military discount with ID $50 Wine Card for just $30 25% Off Appetizers MTWTFS 8a-5p Military Sun 8a-4p discount at 20% Off Crema Coffee Shop only MTWTF MTWTF MW WTF Tues

5-7p 5-7p 5-8p 5-9:30p 5-10p

5pm to Closing Mon. thru Sat. 2nd Floor Honolulu Design Center

HONOLULU DESIGN CENTER ON KAPIOLANI BETWEEN PENSACOLA & PIIKOI ST. 1250 KAPIOLANI BLVD. • T: 956-1250 FURNITURE SHOWROOM HOURS : MON. - SAT. 10AM - 9PM & SUN. 10AM - 6PM HONOLULUDESIGNCENTER.COM D I N I N G

O U T

|

A U G U S T

1 5 - 2 1 ,

2 0 1 0

|

5

inside feature

Fine Korean Cuisine Leaping into

By Jo McGarry

O

ne of the questions that Frog House owner Jeannie Oh often gets from inquiring customers is how the restaurant’s name came to be. “People are always asking, ‘Why is it called Frog House?’ and ‘(Do you) serve frog’s legs?’” she says.

Her answer is simple: It’s been named Frog House for almost 30 years, and while the tiny restaurant doesn’t offer the famous French specialty, it does offer dozens of other intriguing, authentic Korean delights. Steamed Sliced Pork Feet ($19.95), Octopus and Chitterlings ($42.95) and Korean Sausage ($16.95) are among the nearly 100 menu items you’ll find served from morning until late at night.

And while many of the dishes may seem exotic, others, such as Black Goat Pot Stew, are best known for their health-giving properties.

“People usually eat this kind of dish when they are recovering from surgery, or wish to feel better,” says Oh, who runs the restaurant alongside her husband, Gilsik.

6

|

D I N I N G

O U T

|

Above: Customers love the Steamed Sliced Pork Feet with banchan, which they enjoy by wrapping in lettuce leaves and

Frog House

Sunday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.

Where: 1604 Kealakekua Ave.

Call: 951.9370

Hours: Monday-Saturday 11 a.m.-2 a.m.

“This kind of food has always been known to be good to eat and nourishing,” she adds.

The black goat also tastes pretty good once it’s simmered in Gilsik’s homemade broth, surrounded by a mountain of fresh vegetables, and completed with banchan dishes and a variety of pastes and dipping sauces.

Steamed Sliced Pork Feet might be another reason to visit Frog House.

The Korean delicacy of sliced, cooked trotters is impressively served on a

AU G U ST

1 5 - 2 1 ,

2 0 1 0

large platter, surrounded by raw garlic and lettuce leaves. Truly, it’s not a dish for the faint of heart.

The pork, which has been simmered in a broth of herbs for more than six hours, then cooled and sliced, is traditionally eaten with raw garlic cloves and wrapped lettuce leaves, similar to the way you’d eat Thai summer rolls.

I dipped my pickled pigs feet in the house-made salted shrimp paste that

Parking Note: Drive past the restaurant on Kalakaua and make a sharp right on to Philip Street. A larger parking lot is on the right, directly behind Frog House.

Breakfast

7 a.m. - 11 a.m.

Dinner

5 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Free e Parking Subject to Availability For Reservations:

– See page 7

dipping into a homemade shrimp sauce.

Left: Frog House owners Gilsik and Jeannie Oh

923-2277

Breaking Surf, Breathtaking Sunsets, and Unbelievable Ocean Front Dining at Reasonable Prices.

Locally Operated in the Outrigger Reef Hotel

2169 Kalia Road

lite bites

Serving Up Fine Food in a Perfect Setting T Above: The traditional Hawaiian dish at The Willows. Left: The dessert buffet at The Willows includes a selection of sweet treats, like this version of tiramisu, and panna cotta.

he Hawaiian buffet lunch and dinner at The Willows has a whole lot more to offer than fresh poi, tender lau lau and chicken long rice. The daily lunch and dinner buffet offers dozens of choices and a unique setting of a Japanese garden.

And while buffets are, generally speaking, difficult to manage and often don’t show a chef at his most creative, at The Willows, chef Jay Matsukawa brings both an elegant touch and new creations to the table.

Standard lunch and nightly offerings include traditional Hawaiian dishes such as lomi salmon, kalua pork, lau lau, pipikaula, poi and chicken long rice, and there are dozens of other offerings that include misoyaki butterfish, teriyaki

chicken, furikaki ahi, a rotating selection of salads and a carving station with prim char siu duck and Asian-style braised short ribs. The dinner buffet offers similar dishes with the addition of rotating salads and a carving station that always features a roasted, crispy skin suckling pig and garlic and Hawaiian salt-crusted prime rib. But you’re just as likely to find oysters Rockefeller, shrimp cocktail or fresh catch of the day laid out in a fine-dining presentation.

With its garden setting, private dining rooms, water features and local favorites on nightly buffets, it’s no wonder The Willows remains one of the city’s favorite places for food and family gatherings.

inside feature – From page 6

Oh pulled from the refrigerator and served in a small dish. What surprised me most was the tenderness of the pork skin.

“It’s a lot of work to make this dish,” says Oh. “It’s the herbs and the hours of long, slow cooking that help give the dish its flavor.”

And there’s more to Frog House than meets the eye from the outside. On a tiny strip mall on Kalakaua

Avenue, the storefront is pasted with larger-than-life food photos, and has parking so close to the building that you might have to squeeze yourself through the entrance. But once inside, you’ll discover a clean, well-lighted dining room with space for just a few dozen people and a smaller room to one side.

dishes like Beef Bulgogi, Meat If it’s cool, or if you go later in Left: The seating area in back of the restau- Jun and Mandoo, and a few the afternoon, ask to sit outside, rant has been decorated with plants and house specialties like Mackerel where the back parking lot has shrubbery. Far left: The essentials for Frog House’s Black Goat Stew are prepared in a Pike. been decorated with plants and wok.

While you’re waiting for greenery and turned into small al opens at 11 a.m.) when there’s a lunch, you can peruse the dinfresco eating area. menu of lunch plates ranging ner menu at leisure: porgy, webFor those whose idea of Korean barbecue is more in line you may want to go at from $7.95 to $9.95. Lunch foot octopus, pork belly, black with the buffet, table top, lunchtime (the restaurant plates offer a taste of familiar goat and all. yakiniku-style, then there’s plenty to please on the Frog House menu. Bulgogi ($19.95), Bi Bim Bap ($8.95), Soft Tofu Stew ($9.95) and Kook Soo with hot or cold soup ($8.95) offer a taste of Korean food that’s more familiar to most in Hawaii.

There’s an excellent Monk Fish ($22.95) with spicy, cold vegetables, and with the impressive FREE BIRTHDAY MEAL Chicken with FOR ANY AGE Ginseng Soup ($16.95), a whole Must have minimum party of 4. chicken comes to the One Birthday coupon per party of 4.

Not combinable with other discounts.

Coupon valid on actual birthday, ID required. table boiling and simNo online or photo-copied coupons.

Not combinable with other discounts.

One coupon per group.

Discounts off regular adult price. mering in a stone No online or photo-copied coupons.

Discounts off regular adult price. pot.

Expires 8/31/10 Must have valid ID. Expires 8/25/10 If it’s your first time at Frog House, Aloha Tower 585-6360 1 Aloha Tower Dr. 2nd Fl., 3 Hours Parking $1 Pearlridge 486-5100 98-150 Kaonohi St.

Kama‘aina Welcome

BIRTHDAY SPECIAL

With Family Group 20%

Lunch & Dinner

OFF

20% OFF

D I N I N G

O U T

|

AU G U ST

1 5 - 2 1 ,

2 0 1 0

|

7

tableside

tableside @ Sushi Ichiban

Above: General manager Manny Nakasenh carefully cuts a $12.95 Dynamite Roll for customers.

Inset: The Dynamite Roll is basically an eightpiece California roll topped off with seafood items such as scallops and ahi.

O

ne of the great places for Japanese cuisine also happens to be one of the newest eateries in town. Sushi Ichiban began serving its first dishes earlier this summer in Kaimuki, offering such tasty choices as nigiri, saba, tempura and garlic mochiko chicken. The restaurant is open seven days a week for lunch and dinner.

Call 737.8820.

1 | Courtney Young and Aaron Tomasu 2 | Allyna Lee, Brandon Hanagami and Karla Deguchi 3 | Brad Kusunoki and Aggy Stevens-Gleason 4 | Steven Meyer, Haley O’Hara, Zoe Waldron and Sally Meyer 5 | Karen Tabuelog, with Bryan and Alan Imada 6 | Stacy Hoganson, with Jojo, Kahi and Nicole Koko Photos by Elliot Domalewski

1

2 6

5 8

|

4 D I N I N G

O U T

|

AU G U ST

1 5 - 2 1 ,

2 0 1 0

3

eat this

Living Large on Shrimp Tempura

ifumi Japanese Restaurant, locat- tsukemono and tea, and are among the ed in Chinese Cultural Plaza, is best value lunch and dinner combinaproud to be home to the largest tions we can find this month. shrimp tempura in town. Regular customers rave about the light tempura Below: Giant Shrimp Tempura are one of the reasons batter that covers the extra-long crus- customers keep coming back for more at Hifumi. taceans — some of them measuring Bottom Left: Lunch sets are the monthly specials. The August fish specials are opakapaka and mahimahi, more than 12 inches in length (yes, we served with all-you-can-eat rice, soup and tsukemomo. measured).

“We use the 8-10 jumbo shrimp,” says Hifumi’s Elsie Ching, “and people like our tempura.”

What people also like is the all-you-can-eat rice that accompanies each of Hifumi’s entrees.

Check out the August special at Hifumi, where Wafustyle mahimahi ($9.95) and opakapaka ($13.95) are both offered. The complete meals come with miso soup, rice,

H

Hifumi Japanese Restaurant Where: 100 N. Beretania St., #113

Jo, I am part of a group that enjoys meeting and dining together weekly.

We are a large group and my problem is that restaurants are very reluctant to give us separate checks. Why is this? Aren’t the restaurants happy to have our business?

R.Y. via e-mail

?

Have a food or wine question?

Ask Jo by e-mailing: tabletalk@hawaii.rr.com or tune in to Table Talk every Saturday at 10 a.m. on KHVH 830 AM.

asKJo R.Y., I understand why this seems perplexing, but ask anyone who works in the restaurant industry and they’ll tell you that split checks can be a nightmare. You and your friends might all be sitting at one table, but for the server, you are 20 different parties unless there’s one check. Imagine keeping track of that many separate orders and credit cards. If you think about it, you really can see why servers grimace when asked, “Can we split the check?”

One helpful hint is to at least tell the server BEFORE you order that you require separate checks. Or try to work

SEVEN ALL NEW SASHIMI -STYLE CREATIONS! Kama‘aina Early Bird Special on Sundays & Mondays from 5:30pm-6pm

50% off All Food & Sushi First Come First Serve Seating

out a system beforehand, where one person pays and the rest of you reimburse him (immediately) with cash.

There are some restaurants where split checks pose no problem. Romano’s Macaroni Grill at Ala Moana Center, for example, is among them. “We have a really attentive staff and a great computer system,” says manager Damon Haverly. “Our servers could split an appetizer between 15 people if you really wanted them to and it wouldn’t be a problem.”

Perhaps Romano’s is the place where you and your group should meet.

Sansei and d.k. Steak House Enjoy a 4 course meal.

Entree to include 1-1/4 lb. Fresh Maine Lobster $ At per person

39

Go to our website at www.dkrestaurants.com to view Lobster Nite menus.

Text DK to 80850 for more special offers.

Call: 536.3035 Open Nightly 5:30pm to 10pm (808) 931-6286 Waikiki Beach Marriot Resort & Spa

931-6280

931-6286

Waikiki & Spa Spa •• 2552 2552Kalakaua KalakauaAvenue Avenue WaikikiBeach Beach Marriott Marriott Resort Resort & For more specials and offers, text DK to 80850 • FREE 3 hours SELF parking with validation.

D I N I N G

O U T

|

AU G U ST

1 5 - 2 1 ,

2 0 1 0

|

9

what we’re eating at …

Gulick Deli A

t Gulick Deli, regular customers come for the furikake musubi, the soft cone sushi and the noodles. With old-style favorites and a new generation of family members leading the way forward, Gulick looks set to become one of the strongest local delis in town.

We stopped by and asked Blaise Cabael and Ka-hon Lau what they’d recommend from the menu.

Blaise Cabael: “I come here once in a while for lunch. I really enjoy the variety of food from the deli. Furikake musubi, fried chicken and chow fun are what I usually have. Today I have a hamburger patty, too. The fried chicken is

really good.”

Ka-hon Lau “I come occasionally, too. I have gobo and string beans with pork today, and chow mein.

This is pretty much my favorite — and what I order most times.

I’d say that people who hadn’t been here before might be surprised at the selections; there are a lot.

The pricing is really reasonable, and it always smells so good when you walk in.”

Right: Blaise Cabael and Ka-hon Lau enjoy their favorite dishes at Gulick Deli, located at 1936 S. King St. For more information on the delicatessen, call 941.2835.

ono, you know it was exquisitely delicious, not to mention huge! “We use our Hy’s seasoning blend on our steaks, which is a combination of garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, tent. Hy’s also uti- salt and black pepper,” he says, lizes native adding that all entrees come with Hawaiian kiawe a vegetable du jour of sugar snap wood, as it cooks peas and a choice of mashed potawith an intense toes, baked potatoes, French heat, thus comple- steak fries, white, brown or Pilaf menting the flavor rice and more. However, my personal favorite when it comes to of the beef.

Executive chef sides is the Garlic Fried Rice Zach Inouye has ($7.95) and the famous Hy’s been working here Cheese Bread (four pieces for $2; for the past eight eight pieces for $4). Guys, you’ll years and provides score major points with your lady only the best when if you make dinner reservations here. it comes to steak.

Hy’s Steak House “Hy’s only uses 2440 Kuhio Ave. prime beef, which 922.5555 is top-grade, and our most-request– From page 2 ed entree is the Filet Mignon (7 Atlantis Seafood & Steak brate anniversaries, engage- ounces for $39.95 and 11 ounces Known for its more-than-adements or birthdays. Specializing for $48.95),” he says. “It’s the most quate portion sizes, Atlantis (site tender cut of the cow and there’s in USDA Prime Beef that is aged of the former Waikiki No. 3 and trimmed on the premises, not too much fat and no gristle.

Theater) is much more than just Everyone loves that.”

Chef Zach Hy’s believes this process retains your average surf-and-turf restauthe tenderness and taste of the prepared a 34-ounce Porterhouse rant. It’s here that I was served T-Bone Steak ($65.95) for me and meat while reducing the fat conthe Atlantis Garlic Steak ($28.95), Left: At 34 ounces, Hy’s Porterhouse T-Bone Steak isn’t for the faint of heart.

10

|

D I N I N G

O U T

|

AU G U ST

1 5 - 2 1 ,

2 0 1 0

a herb marinated New York Steak complete with caramelized Maui onions and garlic, presented on a sizzling platter and topped with Boursin Cheese, and the New York Strip Steak ($28.95), 10 ounces of Black Angus Beef served with Port Wine Demi Glace and Gorgonzola. All steak entrees are served with rice and cooked vegetables. The sizzling of the platter awakens all your senses, but it was the texture and taste of the meat that were so addicting, you’ll probably finish the entire meal — that is, if you’re not disciplined with your portion sizes. How else do you think I ended up feasting on and finishing a pound of beef? I was set on my daily protein intake for sure!

Longtime chef Elmerio Betiong is an expert when it comes to good steak and he took me to the kitchen to see real magic in the making. “We serve the highest quality of meat here,” he says. “I have my own special rub seasoning that I massage into the steak before cooking. It consists of sea salt, Kosher salt, lemon pepper, garlic, onion powder, paprika, thyme and herbs.”

Success is definitely all in the technique. The steaks are cut on the thicker side, but still retain their tenderness and juicy consistency.

“We sell approximately 20 of the 16-ounce steaks during dinner every night,” says manager Frank Bennett. “It’s a good thing to share, but most people eat it by themselves.” No surprise there!

Don’t forget, kamaaina receive a special 10 percent discount with ID. Also, ask about the Early Bird Special.

Atlantis Seafood & Steak 2284 Kalakaua Ave. Suite 201 922.6868 Tanaka of Tokyo Having earned the coveted title of “The Best Teppan Room Anywhere by Zagat Guide,” this Japanese seafood and steak house opened its doors in June 2008 at Ala Moana Center’s Hookipa Terrace. Since then, locals and tourists from Japan and the U.S. mainland have been – See page 16

WHERE TO DINE

Symbol Key

AMERICAN

Breakfast

After Midnight Alcohol served Online Catering

Camellia Buffet

Outrigger Reef Hotel 2169 Kalia Street 922-2887

Atlantis Seafood & Steak 2284 Kalakaua Avenue 922-6868

Lunch Dinner

BUFFET

Shorebird Restaurant & Beach Bar

930 McCully St. 951-0511/0611

Willows, The

Makino Chaya

901 Hausten St. 952-9200

d.k Steakhouse 2552 Kalakaua Ave., Waikiki Marriott Beach Hotel 931-6280

Aloha Tower Mkt place 585-6360 Westridge Mall 486-5100

BAKERY

Plumeria Beach House

La Palme D’or

5000 Kahala Ave., The Kahala Hotel & Resort 739-8760

Ala Moana Center - Mall Level Mountain side, next to Shirokiya 941-6161

Ruby Tuesday

Ala Moana - Ho‘okipa Terrace 943-2525 Moanalua Center 422-8585 Town Center Mililani 623-4949 Windward Mall 235-5800

Yakiniku Camellia Buffet

Napoleon’s Bakery

2494 S. Beretania St. 944-0449

Located inside of Zippy’s

Full Service Catering & Event Planning

AUGUST SPECIAL

Choice of Two Entrées:

2 Shrimp & 2 Vegetable Tempura

Japanese Restaurant

Wedding Receptions 1st Birthday Luaus Graduations Workshops & Seminars and much more!

Exclusive caterer for events held at the Hawaii Okinawa Center.

Phone: 677-7744 www.acateredexperience.com

SERVING THE BIGGEST AND BEST SHRIMP TEMPURA IN TOWN! • Dine-In or Take-Out • Gift Certificates • Catering Available 11AM-2PM, 5-8:30PM • Closed Monday Lunch

• Tonkatsu • Chicken Katsu • Chicken, Beef or Pork Teriyaki • Chicken Karaage • Unagi (add $1 more to meal price) • Salmon, Ahi or Mahi Mahi (Plain Grilled, Lightly Salted, Teriyaki) Includes Rice, Miso Soup,Toss Salad & Tea

Lunch.............$ 10.95 Dinner ...........$ 11.95

100 N. Beretania Street #113 (Parking inside Chinese Cultural Plaza)

11AM-3PM |

$

Discounted Prices!

Mon - Fri Lunch Saturday Lunch Sunday Brunch Daily Dinner

$19.95 . . $14.95 $24.95 . . $19.95 $34.95 . . $29.95 $34.95 . . $29.95

Please present coupon. Not valid in banquet rooms. One coupon per table.

Cannot be combined with other coupons or discounts or be used on

536-3035

Hawaii’ss Originall Gardenn Restaurant

952-9200 www.willowshawaii.com

7.50 include tax

KOREAN CUISINE

• LUNCH $14.95 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM • DINNER $21.95 3 PM -10 PM Hot Noodle Soup w/beef or Kimchee & vegetables L Bi Bim Gook Soo Since 1989 L

YAKINIKU

Including: Kal Bi, Sirloin, Chicken, Spicy Pork, Sashimi

MILLION 596-0799 626 SHERIDAN ST. (backside of Walmart)

NEW HOURS: MON-SUN 11AM-12 MIDNIGHT

o s i M c i l Gar te a l P n e k Chic $

5.75

d, daily Fast foo :30pm 9 m a 11:00

*DISCOUNT EXCLUDES ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGESWITH THIS AD. EXP. 8/31/10.

930 McCully St. • 951-0511 / 951-0611

• PRIVATE PARTY ROOM • CONVENIENT PARKING

sage u a S e s tugue r o P r o S p am /Rice w e t t e l ome $

4.99

urs only kfast ho d, brea 10:30am o fo st a F m11:00p

Restaurant price $6.75 for Garlic Miso Chicken, $5.99 for Portuguese Sausage or Spam Omelette during breakfast hours only. Offers good August 1 - 31, 2010. Offer not valid with any other promotional offers, coupons, and discount cards. While supplies last. Other restrictions may apply.

D I N I N G

O U T

|

A U G U S T

1 5 - 2 1 ,

2 0 1 0

|

11

WHERE TO DINE CHINESE

CAFE

Maple Garden /Yen King 909 Isenberg Street 941-6641

Golden Palace Seafood Restaurant

Koko Cafe

FAMILY DINING Angelo Pietro Honolulu

111 N. King Street 521-8268

Hale Koa Hotel, 2055 Kalia Road 955-0555 Call for eligibility details.

949-4321

1585 Kapiolani Blvd. #10 941-0555

Happy Day Chinese Restuarant

Nice Day Chinese Seafood Restaurant

3553 Waialae Ave. 738-8666

CATERERS

Bibas

Liliha Square 524-1628

Hale Koa Hotel, 2055 Kalia Road.

955-0555 Call for eligibility details.

Hee Hing Restaurant 449 Kapahulu Ave. 735-5544

A Catered Experience 94-1068 Ka Uka Blvd.

677-7744

Seafood Village Hyatt Regency Resort & Spa

Bird of Paradise

Street Level, 2424 Kalakaua Ave, #102 971-1818

Mandalay (The) 1055 Alakea St. 525-8585

91-1200 Fort Weaver Rd. 689-2270

This Month’s Special Dinner

DEADLIEST CATCH

NIGHTLY 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Crab & Artichoke Gratin

Teriyaki Chicken . . . . . . . . . . . . .$15.95 Daily Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$23.95 Sukiyaki Steak . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$20.95 Teriyaki Steak & Chicken Combo . .$21.95 Kama‘aina & Military Discount Available (with proper ID)

Steamed Crab Leg w/ Bourbon Butter

Between Ilikai & Hilton Hawaiian Village

Thursday, August 26 6:30pm

Early Bird Special

12.95

$

Only

King Crab & Corn Bisque

Add $3.00 for Complete Meal which includes soup or salad, ice cream

Grilled Asparagus w/ Crabmeat

11 am - 7 pm

Pepper Crusted Beef Tenderloin Warm Crab & Bacon Potato Salad

Specials not valid on Holidays

Chocolate Sorbet

All Day for Locals with ID Lunch 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. • Dinner 5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

at the old Waikiki III Theatres Parking available at the Pro-Park location Seaside Ave. Pay $2 at the Restaurant. www.atlantisseafoodsteak.com

12

1841 Ala Moana Blvd.

922-6868

With purchase of an entree and a Despicable Me movie ticket stub.

Expires 8/31/10.

$80

Dinner served from 5:30 nightly. Valet parking available. Not valid with any other offer.

941-4444

40% off all bottles of wine or no corkage

737-1177

Come hungry. Leave happy.

ALA MOANA BLVD. (Free Parking) ON THE RISE

KUHIO AVE • PEARL CITY • KANEOHE • HILO

3660 Waialae Ave. www.3660.com

Other discounts not valid.

Dine in Only

15% OFF

Cash Sale Only (With Coupon)

10% OFF Credit Card Sale Only (With Coupon)

Hong Kong Dim Sum & Regular Menu Items Excludes set menus; Roast Pork, Roast Duck, Char Siu & other specials. Not to be combined with any other offer. Expires 8/31/10.

Nice Day Chinese Seafood Restaurant Liliha Square by Times Supermarket • Oriental Chicken Salad • 4 types of Dim Sum (Siu Mai, Half Moon, Seaweed Spring Roll, Manapua) • Szechuan Style Pork w/Garlic Sauce • General Tso's Favorite Chicken • Beef and Broccoli • Seafood Fried Noodle • Dessert - Almond Float per person $ (10 people minimum)

10.95

• Chicken Salad with Oriental Dressing • Crispy Bacon Seafood Combo Wrap • Dungeness Crab - Country Style • Honey Glazed Walnut Shrimp • General Tso’s Favorite Chicken • Seasonal Chinese Green Vegetable • House Fried Rice • Dessert: Mango Pudding

$

24.95

Hyatt Regency Resort& Spa-Street Level•2424 Kalakaua Ave., #102

D I N I N G

O U T

|

A U G U S T

1 5 - 2 1 ,

2 0 1 0

Celebrating 10 Years!

Dim Sum Take Out Special! 8am-11:30am

15% OFF(Charge) • 25% OFF(Cash) Dim Sum & Reg. Menu Dine In Special!

10% OFF(Charge) • 15% OFF(Cash) 15% OFF Roast Pork, Roast Duck & Char Siu

per person (4 people minimum)

Specials not valid on Holidays. Advance Reservations required, please call 971-1818.Valet Parking Only.

SeafoodvillageHyatt.com Ask about our Kama’aina Discount |

524-1628

Happy Day Chinese Restaurant 3553 Waialae Avenue

738-8666

Must present coupon Expires 8/31/10 Excludes set menu; Not to combined with any other offers.

WHERE TO DINE FAMILY DINING Don Ho’s Island Grill Aloha Tower Marketplace 528-0807

IHOP Waikiki - 1850 Ala Moana Blvd • 949-4467 Waikiki - Kuhio & Lewers • 921-2400 Pearl City - Times Sq. SC • 486-4467 Kaneohe - Windward Mall • 235-4467 Hilo - Prince Kuhio Plaza • 959-2600

Kit N Kitchen 1010 University Avenue 942-7622

Kani Ka Pila Grille

Wailana Coffee House

2169 Kalia Rd, Outrigger Reef on the Beach 924-4990

1860 Ala Moana Blvd.

955-1764

Panya Bistro • Bakery • Bar

FINE DINING Hy’s Steak House 2440 Kuhio Ave. 922-5555

Ala Moana Center Mauka - Mall Level 946-6388

Zippy’s Call the one nearest you.

580 N. Nimitz Hwy. 545-7979

Ranch House, The

Chai’s Island Bistro

Stage Restaurant

449 Kapahulu Avenue, 2nd Floor 737-4461

Aloha Tower Market Pl. 585-0011

1250 Kapiolani Blvd.

237-5429

SAUTEED MUSHROOM BURGERS

Most Delicious Thai Food in Town!

Immensely Popular Plate Lunch For $5.70

Served with French Fries

$12.95

or Sweet Potato Fries with extra $1.00 (reg $5.50 or $3.95-add on order) As a Dessert Sweet Potatoes served with Cinn sugar & Vanilla gelato (Single Scoop $5.95 & Double Scoops $7.50) We are also offering Sweet Potato Fries

Coming Soon to 900 N. Nimtz Hwy

Sam Choy’s BLC

FREE SODA WITH ANY PLATE LUNCH PURCHASE

Koolau Drive Inn • Koolau Center 47-388 Hui Iwa St. • Kaneohe, Hawaii

One coupon per person per day. Must present coupon. Not combinable with other offers.

EXPIRES 8/20/10 • WWW.KOOLAUCENTER.COM

239-8888

2955 E. Manoa Rd 988-0212 1627 Nuuanu Ave 585-8839 Mon-Sat 10:30am-9pm; Sun 12n-8pm

Call for take out

www.bangkokchefexpress.com Bistro • Bakery • Bar Breakfast • Lunch • Happy Hour • Dinner Ala Moana Center • Mall Level / Mauka (Next to Victoria's Secret)

946-6388

Dinner Menu

2 Choice Teishoku Combo

16.75

$

Served with rice, miso soup, two side dishes, and pickles.

Now taking reservations for Lunch & Dinner

228

$

Choose from • Broiled Sanma • Broiled Saba • Fried Oyster • Ebi Fry • Saba Nitsuke • Chicken Katsu • Aji Fry • Karaage • Pork Ginger • Sizzling Hamburger Steak • Tempura • Tonkatsu and many more!

1-Choice Teishoku & Ala Carte menu also available

Special Price for Table of 10 Chicken Salad with Jelly Fish Imperial Scallop Soup Peking Duck with Bun Salt & Pepper Shrimp Seafood w/Vegetables in Taro Basket Steamed Fish Fillets w/Ginger Scallion Black Mushroom with Baby Pak Choy Steamed Rice, Dessert

Lunch 11 am - 5 pm; Dinner 5 pm - 9 pm Closed Sundays

Oahu’s Answer to Your Appetite Look for it in the Star-Advertiser -Every Friday in tgif -Pull-out section every Sunday www.staradvertiser.com

Ready made Bentos available daily

1345 S. King Street Corner of S. King St. & Sheridan St. Close to Ala Moana Shpg Cntr & Wal Mart

Japanese Home Style Restaurant “Hinone Mizunone” Please enjoy the TEL. KAMADAKIGOHAN www.fujio-food.com cooked completely by “Ogama”.

942-4848

www.themandalayhawaii.com

1055 Alakea St.

Mon - Sun 10:30am to 9:00pm Excluding all coupons and other discounts. Dine-in only.

525-8585

Free Parking Mon - Fri after 5pm & All Day Sat & Sun D I N I N G

O U T

|

A U G U S T

1 5 - 2 1 ,

2 0 1 0

|

13

WHERE E TO O DINE FINE DINING

JAPANESE Hakone 100 Holomoana St., Hawaii Prince Hotel 944-4494

Top of Waikiki Waikiki Business Plaza 2270 Kalakaua Ave. 923-3877

Kozo Sushi

Sansei Seafood Restaurant

Kahala Mall 738-KOZO Keeaumoku 946-KOZO Moiliili 951-KOZO Pearlridge 483-6805 Pearl City 455-6805

Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort 2552 Kalakaua Ave, 931-6286

Sushi Ichiban Hifumi Japanese Restaurant Chinese Cultural Plaza 536-3035

ITALIAN

3579 Waialae Ave. 737-8820

Makino Chaya 1 Aloha Tower Dr. 2nd Flr. 585-6360 98-150 Kaonohi St. 486-5100

Sushi Company

Hinone Mizunone

1111 McCully Street 947-5411

1345 South King St. 942-4848

Sarento's Top of the "I"

Restaurant Suntory

1777 Ala Moana Blvd.

955-5559

Kobe Japanese Steak House 1841 Ala Moana Blvd.

941-4444

Sushi King

Royal Hawaiian Shpg Cntr 3rd Flr. 922-5511

2700 South King St. 947-2836

Kunia Shopping Center

Three levels of food, fun and fashion!

LUNCH SPECIAL Japanese Set Lunch

8.95

$

Get satisfied with delicious options for breakfast, lunch and dinner! t "VOUJF 1BTUPT t %FOOZ T 3FTUBVSBOU t ,VOJB $IJOFTF 3FTUBVSBOU t 5IBJ 7JMMBHF

“Cooking with Beer” August 9 through August 22

Aloha Lager Cheese Sauce Chicken Nachos Cream Ale Steamed Clams with Smoked Pork Aloha Lager Braised Beef Brisket Ehu Ale Braised Oxtail Ehu Ale Shrimp Linguine with Garlic Butter Aloha Lager Croucrote Chocolate Aloha Dark Lager Cake Root Beer Ehu Flan

94-673 Kupuohi Street, Waipahu, Hawaii 96797

AUTHENTIC KOREAN DISHES *Not to be combined with any other specials.

Must present coupon to recieve discount.

Excludes beverages. Expires Aug. 31, 2010.

Also Available Curry, Steak & Pasta

Monday-Sunday LUNCH 10:30AM-2:30PM • DINNER 5PM-11PM

Mon–Sat: 11 am - 2 am • Sun: 11 am - 10 pm

SUNSET DINNER SOIREE

Please call for reservations and menu Call 923-6552

Experience the gentle crashing waves, pure ocean breezes and breathtaking beauty of Hawaii.

…Only at Michel’s

www.michelshawaii.com • 923-6552 • 2895 Kalakaua Ave. Free Valet Parking

CALL FOR BANQUETS, RECEPTIONS & PARTIES 728-3463

14

|

D I N I N G

O U T

|

A U G U S T

1 5 - 2 1 ,

2 0 1 0

BIG ALOHA SUNDAY BRUNCH Every Sunday • 9am to 2pm

RESTAURANT

SUNTORY

Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center, 3rd Floor

1604 Kalakaua Ave • 951-9370

A special 3-course dinner for $40 from Sunday to Thursday only!

Served from 5:30 to 6:30, Come enjoy our Summer Sunset and feel the sizzle Only Until the End of Summer!

Featuring

Black Goat Pot Stew & Monk Fish Lunch Specials & Plates starting at $5.99

3579 Waialae Avenue 737-8820

at the Colony Surf

Great with House Brewed Aloha Beer!

Buy one dinner entree, receive 2nd entree

50% OFF valid Sun, Mon & Tue with ad Expires 8/24/10

SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE Danny Couch Manu Boyd Every Saturday

Fri., 8/20 only

WED.............. Robert Cazimero SUN............... Melveen Leed & Hula MON............. Jerry Santos & Hula THU............... Sista Robi TUES ............. Robert Cazimero & Hula

FREE VALET PARKING • www.chefchai.com • Call 585-0011

restaurantsuntory.com

922-5511

Adult $19.95 Keiki 4 to 12 $8.95 580 Nimitz 580 NimitzHwy. Hwy 545-7979 545-7979

WHERE TO DINE JAPANESE

Yakiniku Million

Tanaka of Tokyo

East, in King's Village, 922-4233 Central, in Waikiki Shopping Plaza, 922-4702 West in Ala Moana CntrHookipa Terrace 945-3443

1288 Ala Moana Blvd.

596-4710

Bangkok Chef

PACIFIC RIM

100 Holomoana St., Hawaii Prince Hotel 944-4494

3660 Waialae Ave.

95-050 Farrington Hwy, Waipahu 677-5388

KOREAN

Frog House Restaurant 1604 Kalakaua Ave. 951-9370

Hoku’s

The Ocean House Restaurant

The Kahala Hotel & Resort Hawaii, Hotel 739-8779

2169 Kalia Rd., Outrigger Reef Hotel 923-2277

149

$ Keeaumoku

by Wal-Mart 946-5696

No credit cards accepted for special menu

Party Rooms for up to 450

Souvaly Thai Cuisine 803 Kam Hwy. 455-5888

ALL DIM SUM

Special Menu for10

(KOZO)

1627 Nuuanu Ave. 585-8839 2955 E. Manoa Rd., 988-0212

Prince Court

3660 on the Rise

Ton Ton Ramen

One coupon per order.

Cannot be combined with other offers.

Expires 8/20/10

THAI

PF CHANG'S

626 Sheridan St. 596-0799

1.89

$

Chinese Chicken Salad Scallop Soup • 2 Live Maine Lobsters Sweet & Sour Fish Filet Peking Duck w/Bun • Whole Crispy Chicken Taro Basket Seafood Combo Chicken Cake Noodle • Rice & Dessert 111 N. King St. near Maunakea 7am -10pm

7AM-2PM

521-8268

taste mangoes, like never before.

Watch Hawai‘i’s top chefs compete in a friendly, ‘mango-inspired’ recipe challenge.

Reinvigorate your palate with their unique creations, along with the perfect wine pairing.

Plus you’ll also enjoy live entertainment by Hawai‘i’s best local musicians.

Celebrate Your Birthday

BOOK NOW! $

ONLY 140 for stays from

Aug. 16 - Oct. 31, 2010

PACKAGE INCLUDES $100 Dining Credit Per Package Free Parking • Late Check Out 2pm

With us and Receive a complimentary Hy’s Cheesecake & Keepsake Photo For Honoree

For more details/restrictions

Mon-Fri: 6:00 - 10:00 pm Sat, Sun: 5:30 - 10:00 pm

W W W. H A L E K O A . C O M

• Wine Spectator Award-Winning Wine List • Live Entertainment • Valet Parking

CALL 955-0555

Based on availability. Cannot be combined with any other promotion. Minimum two night stay. Maximum 4 rooms. Free parking – maximum 2 cars. Must be an eligible patron of the Hale Koa Hotel who resides or is stationed in Hawaii. Proof of residency required at check in. Dining credit must be used during stay. Must be paid for at time of booking. No Cancellations or refunds once booking comfirmed. To book, please mention: KamFall10.

Proper Attire Required Reservations Recommended

2440 Kuhio Ave. THE HALE KOA WELCOMES ALL ACTIVE DUTY & RETIRED MILITARY, RESERVE/NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS & DEPENDENTS, CURRENT OR RETIRED DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIANS & SPONSORED GUESTS.

922 5555

www.hyshawaii.com

Tree to Table – A Mango Throw Down Friday, August 27th 6:00pm to 9:30pm $75 Pre-sale ~ $85 Regular A foodraiser to benefit the University of Hawai‘i’s Culinary Institute of the Pacific.

For more information, call 923-2861 or visit mangoesatthemoana.com

The popular tgif is now in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.

Check out the entertainment insert every Friday to help plan your weekend.

D I N I N G

O U T

|

A U G U S T

1 5 - 2 1 ,

2 0 1 0

|

15

recipe

Island Hot Pot

by Chef Chai Chaowaseree One of the most healthy and exotic dishes from Asia, Island Hot Pot is a rich broth seasoned with fresh herbs and spices, and served in a fiery hot pot with tasty dipping sauces. All meat and vegetables come as sides, so you can enjoy them with a variety of dishes. A perfect way to control your calorie intake and incorporate into a healthy lifestyle.

OTHER SUGGESTED BROTHS INCLUDE Curry Broth, Kim Chee Broth, Herb Broth

Broth Spicy Lemon Grass Broth | Ingredients: • 8 cups chicken stock • 2 stalks lemongrass, sliced • 8 pieces kaffir lime leaves • 1 clove shallot • 1 clove garlic • 4 cherry tomatoes, cut into halves • 1/2 tablespoon sugar • 2 tablespoons fish sauce (to taste)

Taiwanese Hot Pot (Huo Guo) | Ingredients: • 8 cups chicken stock • 2 bay leaves • 2 licorice roots • 2 star anise • 1 slice ginger • 5 cloves garlic • 1/2 cup sliced onions • 2 cloves crispy shallots

White Miso Broth | Ingredients: 8 cups chicken stock • 1 tablespoon Dashi • 1/2 cup white miso

Bangkok Style Hot Pot | Ingredients: • 8 cups chicken stock • 1/2 cup Chinese celery • 1/2 cup green onion • 1/2 cup sliced onions • 2 cloves garlic

Meat and Veggie Suggestions: • Beef Round Eye, 3 ounces • Wagyu Beef, 3 ounces • Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast, 3 ounces

• Lean Pork Tenderloin, 3 ounces • Ground Pork and Crab Meat Balls, 3 ounces • Black Tiger Prawns, 4 ounces

Sauces Spicy Garlic Dipping Sauce (combine all ingredients below) Ingredients: • 1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic • 1/2 tablespoon finely chopped lemongrass • 1 tablespoon chopped Chinese parsley (cilantro) • 1 piece fresh chili pepper, finely chopped • 2 pieces kaffir lime leaves; fine, chopped • 3 tablespoons lime or lemon juice • 2 tablespoons fish sauce • 1 tablespoon sugar

• Sea Scallop, 4 ounces • Fresh King Salmon, 3 ounces • Fresh Mahi Mahi, 3 ounces • Fresh Snapper, 3 ounces • Fresh Oysters in half shell, 4 pieces

Spicy Sambol Chili Lime Sauce (combine all ingredients below) Ingredients: • 1 tablespoon Sambal chili • 2 tablespoons lime juice • dash of sugar Spicy Sriracha Hoisin (combine all ingredients below) Ingredients: • 1 tablespoon Sriracha chili • 1 tablespoon hoisin Bangkok Style Hot Pot Sauce Ingredients: • 6 tablespoons sweet chili sauce • 2 tablespoons vinegar • 2 tablespoons light soy sauce • 2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds • 2 tablespoons chopped coriander • 5 garlic cloves (pickled, if possible)

• Fresh Ong Choi (Asian Watercress), 2 cups • Won Buk (Napa Cabbage), 2 cups • Vermicelli Noodles, 2 ounces • Soft Tofu, 120 grams

ono, you know trained to put on a performance and to interact with the cusflocking to the eatery to get a tomers while they cook for taste of some of the best teppan- them,” Lamansky adds. Tanaka yaki- style steak in town. With of Tokyo serves lunch and dintwo other locations islandwide ner daily, and my pick is the (Waikiki Shopping Plaza and Ribeye Steak ($28.75, larger porKing’s Village), general manager tion for $31.50). It’s a choice cut Hiroshi Lamansky takes his job of ribeye that the master teppanseriously when it comes to quali- yaki chefs cook up right before ty control, serving his dining your very eyes using a tabletop patrons only the finest of steak. grill. All steaks are lightly sea“The quality’s always top soned with salt, pepper, butter shape, we make sure that our and soy sauce so as not to take meats are aged for four weeks away from the essential flavor of before being served,” he says. the meat. A ginger sauce and “We offer sirloin, ribeye, filet and mustard sauce also accompany Australian Wagyu. All chefs are – From page 10

16

|

D I N I N G

O U T

|

AU G U ST

1 5 - 2 1 ,

2 0 1 0

your meal to make your dining experience all the more irresistible.

“The Tanaka Sirloin ($27.75, larger portion for $31) is one of our most popular courses. The ribeye also is quite popular, especially among the locals,” Lamansky states before adding, “Japanese tourists tend to go toward more of the sirloin and filet, while the locals go toward the sirloin and ribeye. The ribeye has a lot more marbling. It’s all about personal preference.”

There are a variety of other delicious seafood and chicken

options on the menu as well, but the steak is one to speak for itself.

All entrees include pickled vegetables, tossed salad, miso soup, steamed rice (substitute for Teppan Fried Rice for $3.50), grilled shrimp appetizer, teppan vegetables, Japanese green tea and dessert.

Tanaka of Tokyo — West Ala Moana Center Hookipa Terrace 945.3443 Right: Tanaka of Tokyo executive chef Brandon Naval serves up an appetizing portion of steak using a tabletop grill.